TWO N.M. FIREFIGHTERS HURT AT ‘HUMAN-CAUSED’ FIRE

By KOB:

A wildfire in Grants destroyed six homes and left two firefighters injured Sunday night.

The chief of the Grants Fire Department says it started as a brush fire in a field, then spread to houses behind that field.

KOB 4 asked the GFD about a potential cause, and they did not rule out arson.

“The lack of lightning, is a very suspicious fire, arson is hard to prove, it could have been accidental, but it was human caused,” said Grants Fire and Rescue Chief Mike Maes.

Police reportedly got a tip about a man who could be involved in the start of that fire. They are still looking for that man and the fire is still under investigation.

The two firefighters are expected to be OK.

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